"I believe that the facts of the case emphasize the need for re-examination of the entire concept of alimony and the continuing viability of that concept in contemporary society. Put another way, the question facing the Court is whether a judicially imposed system of involuntary servitude is to be continued wherein one human being is placed in bondage to another for what is effectively the remainder of his natural life." Idaho Supreme Court Justice Shepard in Olsen v. Olsen, 98 Idaho 10 (1976)

Mission Statement

Do not confuse Alimony Support with Child Support, as they are two distinctly separate items. It is felt that people who have children are responsible for making sure they are taken care of. We only advocate reforming the alimony support laws to have similar guidelines, as does child support, so that both parties come out the divorce on an equal basis.

This blog is dedicated to bringing you articles and copies of actual emails from victims who have been ensnared in the tentacles the family law injustice system. These are people just like yourself whose stories are never revealed to the general public.

The goal is to make you aware of what you might be getting into when you get married. Since the divorce rate is hovering around the 50% level, you face the possibility of financial suicide, having your children torn from your life and finding yourself in a lifetime of servitude to another.

Monday, June 28, 2010

.... All of us has our own horror story, and I guess it's all relative. Personally, I turned over $425K in assets, plus half of my retirement to the Ex at the time of the divorce, and have paid her initally $3,500/mo. for the first 5-1/2 years, reduced to $3,200/mo. as per by our mediated settlement for the next five+ years.

Her alimony was exactly twice what I later found out was the maximum of any of my working contempories.

Now that I just retired, she is petitioning the court to have the alimony "RAISED", at the same time as the failure of my former employers pension fund, and subsequent takeover by the federal government.(PBGC). I'll be luck to get 25 cents on the dollar of what I expected my retirement pension to be.

My only bright spot is that I stashed a fair amount away by keeping my lifestyle conservative.... Yeah, she describes me as "Cheap".